Labour Win Glasgow North East

It’s hardly even a headline. Labour have held the seat for 74 years, and in long periods of government during that time have transformed it into one of the most desirable areas in Britain but it remains one of the poorest constituencies in the country*. An absolute shocker for the BNP who were edged into [...]

Common Criminals

This one has been doing the rounds for a while.
Can you imagine working for a company that has a little more than 600 employees and has the following employee statistics:
29 have been accused of spouse abuse
7 have been arrested for fraud
9 have been accused of writing bad cheques
17 have directly or indirectly bankrupted at least [...]

Europe Latest

Yesterday Neelie Kroes, the EU’s competition commissioner – an unelected Brussels technocrat – ordered the restructuring of a large part of the British banking industry. Just in case anyone thought it was Darling’s idea.
In other news David Cameron’s promise/unshakable commitment/cast iron guarantee, to hold a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty appears to have gone the [...]

Caption Competition

Study this picture. It is of someone who is about to be crowned president without any proper democratic electoral process, along with Hamid Karzai.
Usual prize (i.e.- hee-haw) for the funniest caption.

BNP Warning.

Thanks to a regular reader who emailed me to say he thought I’d been a bit lenient in my posting below about Nick Griffin.
He sent this link which is to an Independent article headed “10 things you should know about the BNP”.
I didn’t think I was lenient at all about Griffin but in case that’s [...]

Nick Griffin

I’m a bit behind with this posting as there has been so much written and said since his appearance on Question Time the other night. However I’m going to add my twopence worth.
Let me say a few things at the outset here. I find Griffin a horrible, loathsome character. Having watched him the other night [...]

Bowing to the Inevitable

The referendum replay result in Ireland was a foregone conclusion. Every major political party and companies such as Microsoft, Ryanair and Intel along with the press, trade unions and farmers groups campaigned for and financed the yes lobby.
The rag-tag of Irish nationalist and socialist groups, along with the formerly most influential body in Ireland, the [...]

The Sunny Side of the Street

I’ve never bought the Sun newspaper. However I do read it regularly as one of the guys who works for me is a faithful reader. He takes the Sun and the Star (sorry it is even worse so I don’t look at it at all) every day. My relationship with the paper is simply to [...]

Clutching at Straws?

No it’s not a story about Jack Straw it’s about the next leader of the Labour Party. If yesterday’s speech to the Labour conference is anything to go by then Peter Mandelson is that man.
Previously any speeches by Mandy at conference would have been received in a similar way to a meat feast pizza at [...]

Drunk Boris Tried to Hail Taxi in His Underpants

I must admit that when I saw this headline, it conjured up another gaffe prone Boris:

But the article referred to the original maverick politico of that name:

Ananova reports the following:
“Boris Yeltsin got so drunk during a US visit he was found outside the White House in his underpants, trying to hail a taxi as he [...]